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Alejandra González-Jiménez 🫒🌿
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Classical Studies, UNAM | Digital Humanities | Admin of Desde Themyscira: desdethemysciraffyl.mx | Admin of EPN, UNAM: iifilologicas.unam.mx/pnovohispano | https://alejandragj.com/
It's Beneventan for me.
November 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
💬 𝐄𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨́𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐚 𝐥𝐚
𝐕𝐈 𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨́𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐚́𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐬
📚 “𝐋𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐣𝐞𝐫 𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐬. 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨”

🗓️ 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
💻 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥

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November 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Extraño el aroma al Día de Muertos en México.
November 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I love it.
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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[Exit Ghost.]
November 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Happy Halloween 🎃 👻!

The Milkmaid traded her jug for a pumpkin and is carving a Jack-o'-lantern! 🎃🥛

The Milkmaid, Johannes Vermeer, c. 1660

#Halloween #painting #art
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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The Department of Classics at the University of Cologne is the newest member of the Nomisma.org consortium, providing the first 100+ of their 12,000 coin collection to Ptolemaic and Seleucid Coins Online. numishare.blogspot.com/2025/10/depa... #classicsbluesky #lawdi #LODLAM
Department of Classics at Cologne joins Nomisma
More than 100 Seleucid and Ptolemaic coins from the Department of Classics at the University of Cologne have been integrated into the Helle...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I was really surprised to get a couple of special gifts for my 6-year anniversary of living away from home.
October 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Just in time for #Halloween, my article on the uncanny in #Plautus’ “Ghost Play” is now available open access on Zenodo:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Find out how the scheming slave Tranio creates the perfect haunted house on stage to scare his master and... (1/2)
#ClassicsBluesky #RomanComedy
a black and white cartoon of mickey mouse sitting on a set of stairs with a skeleton in the background .
ALT: a black and white cartoon of mickey mouse sitting on a set of stairs with a skeleton in the background .
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October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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I think the stoics would laugh at our jokes. 🫢 Available now in our redbubble! Link in bio. 🤎

#classicsbluesky #ancienthistory
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October 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Metal #ClassicsTober25 Day 8: Erebos

Erebos 🇯🇵 Erebos

The Engraving (2016)

Melodic death metal

"It's the final stage of endless torture
Before your soul dies, break it away yourself
Erebos is always at your side"

#ClassicsTober
October 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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🕊️ Jane Addams (1860–1935), social reformer, feminist, pacifist. She co-founded Hull House in Chicago, advancing education, health, & women’s rights. A leader in peace activism, she became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (1931). #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner | TheCollector
Jane Addams was a philosopher, sociologist, and activist; she is the first American woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize. We explore her work and thought.
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October 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today's reading is...
October 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
On the seventh day of #ClassicsTober25: φαρμακíς - witch, sorceress

In his 1907 work, Jason and Medea by John William Waterhouse, Medea prepares the potion for Jason to give to the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece. Her dress, emblazoned with bold symbols, suggests her role as a sorceress.
October 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The humanities went from being seen as irrelevant to facing a crisis of literacy and critical thinking. This is why the humanities are so crucial. They provide the foundational tools and perspectives that shield us from such challenges.
October 7, 2025 at 6:04 AM
On the sixth day of #ClassicsTober25: Moirai
Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos,

The Triumph of Death, or The 3 Fates.
Flemish tapestry (probably Brussels, ca. 1510-1520). Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
October 7, 2025 at 5:51 AM
On the fourth day of #ClassicsTober25: Shroud

Example of Greek funeral shrouds.

Attic Red-Figured Kylix
490–480 B.C.
Attributed to the Brygos Painter (Greek (Attic), active about 490 - 470 B.C.
October 7, 2025 at 5:38 AM
On the third day of #ClassicsTober25: Graiai

Elihu Vedder (1836-1923), 'The Phorcydes'—or Graiai—,
''American Art & American Art collections'', Vol. 2, 1889.
October 7, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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We have two further Starter Packs, also updated for the new academic year, covering:

> Societies & groups for historians, international go.bsky.app/9T5F1Qc

> UK institutes and research centres for historians go.bsky.app/RbfRrhm

Again, recommendations for additional contacts are welcome 2/2
October 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
On the second day of #ClassicsTober25:

Thanatos (Death) and Hypnos (Sleep) (?) bringing a dead warrior to the tomb.

Lekythos, The Thanatos Painter, c. 435-425 BC, Attic White Ground Pottery, 48.85 cm height (The British Museum, London, England).

#lekythos #ClassicsTober #ClassicsBluesky
October 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Metal #ClassicsTober25 Day 1: Hypnos

In Flames 🇸🇪 Lord Hypnos

The Jester Race (1996)

Melodic death metal

“I lie in your soothing arms, lord Hypnos
Your garment alive with your song”

#ClassicsTober
October 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Hypnos 💤🪽 for #ClassicsTober Day 1!
October 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Octobres 🍁🍂

Dating from the 1st half of the 3rd century AD, this mosaic is located at the Sousse Archaeological Museum in Tunisia.

#ClassicsBluesky #Classics #october
October 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Happy Friday! May I interest you in a free book? SLAVERY AND HONOUR IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD is out now in Open Access! This edited collection from David Lewis, Mirko Canevaro and Douglas Cairns explores the complexities of honour and dishonour in ancient Greek slavery.
July 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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💥 Publication of 107 new inscriptions on Attic Inscriptions Online!

👉 New entries include all votives of artisans and workers, and boundary stones of the Athenian empire on Aigina.

🎉 Congratulations to Dr Chris de Lisle and team!

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September 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM